Newsletter 60: Beefeater & Plymouth Gin

Hello again OCBC, thank you to everyone who came out to our March meeting at 320 Main! We were excited to have Luke Ford, the English Gins brand ambassador, taste us through a few expressions of Beefeater & Plymouth and talk to us about these delicious gins!

We tried a fun exercise with our education this month and had members submit anonymous questions for us all to discuss. (and no, we weren’t just feeling lazy, this was well planned and also an awesome idea. really!) It was a great way to remind us all not to be afraid to ask questions, the purpose of Bartender’s Cabinet is to learn from our peers! Below are a couple of great questions we discussed:

What are the top 3 pieces of advice for creating a new menu for the 1st time?

How do you determine when a cocktail is properly diluted?

My bar doesn’t carry Benedictine or Cherry Herring, how can I fake it?

What is the process of fat washing a spirit?

Do you need to boil water when making simple syrup or syrups in general?

What are the top 5 cocktail books?

Anonymous Questions discussion

Our April meeting will be held on Monday, April 13th at 7pm in Costa Mesa. Our sponsor is the exceptionally delicious Park Cognac, If you’ve never tried it, you are in for a treat! We also are super pleased to have OCBC member Michael Rooney join us to present an education on bitters!

As always, to maintain the quality of service, presentation, space, food and drink we are limiting the capacity to 40 and must insist on RSVPs. Please get your RSVP in early and send it to info@bartenderscabinet.com. Let us know if something comes up so we can make your spot available to someone else if you can’t make it.